Evelyn Bonilla Chose 'Love, Compassion And Understanding' When Her Husband Henry Came Out As Gay

Evelyn Bonilla joined HuffPost Live to share the very personal story of how she reacted when her ex-husband, Henry Veguilla, came out as gay.

Bonilla, who has two children with Veguilla, said she'd suspected her husband may be gay for about a year. She eventually confronted him when she discovered email correspondence between Veguilla and a man he'd met during his business travels in New York on the family computer.

"When I read those emails, I was actually relieved, because it confirmed for me what I suspected and it validated that I wasn't crazy," she said. "That was the moment of truth for the both of us."

While she and Verguilla are no longer married, Bonilla said she knew, at that moment, that she "was choosing love, compassion and understanding" for her best friend.

Though he described the coming out process as "very painful" for both himself and Bonilla, Veguilla added, "We're at a very good place now, and it's been an amazing experience."

Evelyn Bonilla Chose 'Love, Compassion And Understanding' When Her Husband Henry Came Out As Gay

Celebrities Who Have Come Out As LGBT

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Wentworth Miller, 2013

"Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/wentworth-miller-comes-out-gay_n_3792389.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices" target="_blank">came out</a> in August 2013 after being invited to attend the St. Petersburg International Film Festival in Russia. In the midst of massive anti-gay violence and legislation throughout the country at that time, he decided it was time to go public about his sexuality.
"Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes," the 41-year-old wrote in a letter to the festival's director, which was posted on GLAAD's website. "However, as a gay man, I must decline."